So, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was just named to be the chairman of the Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness as Republicans take over the Senate. This is not a good thing. Just how bad it is will be determined.

If Jim Prentice wants more pipelines built to ship Alberta bitumen to “tide water,” he’ll have to convince the world, including other Canadian provinces, that he's willing to do something significant about climate change.

With Beijing and Washington locked in, Canadian inaction may be more awkward — but it hasn't cost Stephen Harper politically yet. Plus: Has Harper fought his last election? Can First Nations education negotiations get back on track? And do aboriginal Canadians have the right to send their children to quacks?

Green groups have been unhelpfully "alarmist" in arguing for tackling global warming, but the world must take urgent and radical action to prevent dangerous climate change, leading UN scientists said Sunday.